Pail.



P. G. PETERSON.

PAIL.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. z8, 1912.

1,051,256, Patented .13.11.21, 1913.

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`lllE PETER Gr. PETERSON, OF THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA.

PAIL.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER Gr. Pn'rnnsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Thief River Falls, in the county of Pennington and State ofMinnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pails, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to receptacles, and more particularly to the classof milk pails.

rlhe primary object of the invention is the provision of a pail whereinmilk will be thoroughly strained for removing foreign matter therefromwhen it is being delivered into the pail and also which will aerate anddistribute the milk entering the said pail.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a pail wherein theremovable top is provided with superimposed strainers and a deflectingrim, whereby the milk entering the pail will be acted upon both by thestrainers and the deflecting rim for the straining and aerating thereof,thus assuring the same sanitary and the freeing of germs and otherforeign matter therefrom.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a pail of thischaracter which is simple in construction, reliable and etlicient in itspurpose and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereinafter appended.

ln the drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional viewthrough the pail constructed in `accordance with the invention, showingthe top mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is asectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5 designates a portion of a pailwhich is of the ordinary well-known construction, provided with theusual swinging handle 6, the side wall of the said pail being inwardlytapered as usual and in the mouth portion or open end thereof is adaptedto be inserted a top presently described.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 28, 1912.

Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

Serial No. 717,591.

The top comprises, an annular rim 7, which is designed to telescope overthe mouth edge of the pail 5, and is formed with an upwardly taperinginturned circular flange 8 providing a central opening 9, whileinternally connected with the inner face of the rim 7 is a hopper-shapedbottom 10, formed with a depending tubiform central column 11, providedwith a coarse strainer 12, so that milk poured in the opening 9 willgravitate into the column 11 and thence percolate through the strainer12, for removing dirt or other foreign matter from the said milk priorto the delivery of the same into the pail.

Telescoped upon the column 11 of the top is a tubular section 13, havinga closed bottom and provided in the side thereof at intervals withdischarge openings 14, the same being covered by wire mesh fabric 15,forniing fine strainers, thus permitting the milk to flow therethroughand thence into the pail. Formed eXteriorly of the tubular section 13 atthe closed end thereof and eXteriorly of the same is a laterallyinclined corrugated aerating flange or rim 16, upon which will flow themilk, and by reason of the corrugations formed in the rim 1G the milkwill be caused to flow in separate streams thereover into the pail, thusthor oughly aerating the said milk.

It will be noted that the strainers will remove insects, dirt and allforeign matter from the milk prior to the aerating of the same and itsdeposit within the pail, thereby assuring the contents of the pailthoroughly sanitary and clean before transportation thereof.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings it is thought that the construction and operationof the invention will be clearly understood, and therefore, a moreextended explanation has been omitted.

The combination with a receptacle, of a top comprising a hollow bodyhaving a central depending perforated portion and an upwardly convergingperipheral rim, an annular depending flange formed at the peripheraledge of said body and adapted to telescope upon the receptacle, acylindrical section detachably engaged on the central depending portionhaving an imperforate In testimony whereof I affix my signature bottomand hzwinr also a plurality of openin presence of two witnesses.

ings in its side, ne strainers covering the s said openings in the sideof the section, and PETER (L PETERSON' 5 a downwardly inclinedcorrugated rim formed on the Section below the saidA openings in theside thereof.

lVitnesses:

@HARLEY M. WILSON, CHAS. J. LARsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing'the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

